Folding window, screen and receptacle



Feb. 16, 1932.

w. H. FASSETT 1,845,653

FOLDING WINDOW, SCREEN AND RECEPTACLE Filed May 22, 1930 2 shoets sheot 1 gnve'nfot William/E Fwssetb Feb. 16, 1932.

w. H. FASSETT FOLDING WINDOW, SCREEN AND RECEPTACLE 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 Filed May 22, 1930 3114) mm William H. Fa SZSEZZ Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. FASSZE'IT, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA FOLDING WINDOW, SCREEN AND RECEPTACLE Application filed May 22,

My invention relates to folding window, screen and receptacle suitable for buildings and to provide a means of supporting the folding screens or windows in operative position to close the window opening or folded in a compact state and a storage receptacle and compartment for the same.

It is also a feature of my invention to provide a window frame for a building wherein the same is formed with a double groove for the regular sliding windows in the casement and an auxiliary groove extending in parallel relation to the window grooves adapted to receive the foldable window or screen. This auxiliary channel associated with the regular window frame channels provides a means of supporting the screen or storm window in a very convenient and desirable manner.

My invention includes a drawer receptacle having a non-tilting means for supporting the same with a safety stop to prevent the drawer from falling out of the supporting means and holding the drawer when open square in front of the opening in which the drawer slides by firm slidable bracket means.

It is an object of my invention to provide a new and improved window frame having the double grooves for the regular sliding windows and an auxiliary outer groove adapted to receive the foldable storm window or screen and within the frame I provide a pocket or receptacle adapted to receive the foldable screen or window to conceal the same within the building structure or wall.

My invention further includes a foldable window and screen wherein the same may be made in sections which may be readily folded, one against the other and which are adapted to be supported by suitable balance and cord supports so that the sections of the window may be readily adjusted for ventilation when it is desired. This structure permits the foldable storm window to be opened by releasing one of the sections and then folding a portion of the sections together, while the other sec- 1930. Serial No. 454,664.

tions may slide freely in the frame being properly balanced to permit the free sliding for the desired open adjustment.

My invention further includes a new and novel window and screen structure which may be employed to support the regular windows so that they may be made in sections and slidable and foldable for opening adjustment and so that they will fold toward the inside or outwardly of the building. This form of window structure may be used without the regular parallelly sliding window sashes, such as in factory buildings where it is desirable to provide a window structure which will permit the windows to be folded up in relation to each other or hingedly connected together in a manner to permit the same to be folded together to open the window the desired amount.

My window structure and frame overcomes a very undesirable feature in building structure where it is necessary to put storm windows on in the winter and replace them with screens in the summer. My window structure simplifies the storing of the storm windows in the summer and the screens in the winterand also provides a means of supporting the storm or foldable Windows or screens easily operated to open or close the same.

These objects together with further details and advantages will be more fully and clearly set forth in the specification and claims.

In the drawings forming part of this speciiication: Figure l is a sectional side elevation of my window frame and foldable window, screen and storage receptacle.

Figure 2 is a perspective detail of the same.

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail of a 35 portion of the same.

Figure 4 is a sectional detail of one form of the building structure.

Figure 5 is a perspective detail of a portion of the edge of the window or screen.

Figure 6 is an enlarged perspective showing a detail of my building structure.

Figure 7 is a perspective of the bottom of the drawer used in my folding window, screen and receptacle.

Figure 8 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the same from the rear of slide.

Figure 9 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the slideable receptacle bracket.

Figure 10 is a section on the line 1010 of F i ure 9.

Fly folding window, screen and receptacle is formed with a window frame A which is adapted to be placed in the window opening 10 of a building and which may be provided.

with a receptacle or draw-er portion B'b'uilt into the frame or building beneath the window or formed projecting from the same, like in Figure 4. J

My folding window screen is of a simple nature and the frame A may be formed with tripple guide-ways 11, 12 and 13, which extend parallel to each other. The guide-ways 11 and 12 act to guide the window sash 14 and 15, respectively, in the regular manner so that the windows 14 and 15 can be adjusted up and down in the frame A. The guideway 13 is adapted to carry the foldable storm window C, as illustrated in Figure 1. This guide-way is provided with an outer guide strip member 16 which terminates at 17 extending from the top down to the point 17.

The frame A is constructed to fit any build ing structure and the lower portion of the guide-way 13 having no outer guide strip, such as 16, permits the sections 18 of the window C'to be folded in the manner illustrated in dotted outline in Figure '1. The sections 18 of the window C are adapted to be connected by the balance cord 19 to a suitable balance weight 20 similar to the balance weights which are ordinarily used to balance the window sash 14 and 15. The balance weight 20 may be eliminated and a regular spring balance used where it is desired to take the place of the weight 20.

The sections 18 of thewindow C are hingedly connected together at 21, the hinges of the respectivesectionsbeing oppositely disposed so that the sections 18 can fold both ways, oneupon the other to permit the same to be folded in a compact state. When the window sections 18 of the window 0 are folded together they are adapted to be stored away in the receptacle drawer B.

' The window screen D is of the same folding nature as the window C and isprovided with the hingedly connected sections 22 hav ing the screen portions 23 in place of the glass in the frames. When the storm or auxiliary window C is in place in the frame A in conjunctionwith the windows 14 and 15, then the screen D may be foldedand stored in the drawer B in thelow-e'r portion of the frame A.

The frames-of the sections 18 of the Window C may be connected by suitable hooks 24 with the balance cord 19. The hook or fastening means 24 is positioned in the recess 25 in the edge of the frame of the upper section 18 of the window C and a suitable groove 26 permits the balancing cord to extend from the hook means 24 toward the balance. The screen D may be secured in the same manner to the balance cords 19.

The sections of the window or the screen may be formed of metal and hingedly connected together at 21 with one of the sections having an overlapping lip 27 to provide a tight joint when the sections are extended in line to form thewindow or the screen, such as the detail structure illustrated in Figure 3. The sections may also be tongue and grooved as illustrated in Figure 1 of the window section so asto form a tight joint between the meeting edges of the frame sections 18. Instead of placing the receptacle B within the building structure or beneath the window frame A the same may be provided by a projecting receptacle B illustrated in Figure 4 which may have the appearance of a flower box with a top railing or decorative portion 28. In this form the receptacle B is provided with a cover 29 which is hinged at 30 so that the cover may be lifted up and the screens or window sections folded into the same. In this structure when the cover 29 is closed, a flower box may be placed upon the same and thus the receptacle B does not mar the appearance of the building in any way. I

The receptacle Bis illustrated in Figure'fi as it would appear when drawn out of the building, showing the compartment of the receptacle ready to receive the screens or storm windows. W hen this drawer or recepe tacle B is pushed back into the building it matches with -the finishor siding of'the same andis virtually imperceptible. I The structure of mydrawer receptacle B is of a unique nature and constructed so that the drawer will not sag when it is opened'or pulled out, but will stand up straight and levelso that it does not sag as does the ordinary drawer'when pulled out. The receptacle B isprovided with a drawer member 32 upon the bottom of which are cleats 33. The opening into which the drawer--32 is adapted toslide is provided with a slideable bracket member 34 which is formed with a recess 35 on the front end of thesame adapted to receive the cleats 33. The drawer 32 may be lifted off the sliding brackets 34 very readily. at any time. l The sliding bracket- 34 is formed with a headportion 36 which is'adapted to slidei-n the trackway 37 formed in the bottom of the recess in which the drawer 32 adapted to slide. This headpor-tion 36 engages against the shoulders 38 when the free fron't'en'dof the bracket' -member'34 is [pulled out in opening of the drawer or receptacle B. The tracltway is built into the opening in the building in which the drawer 32 is adapted to slide and is covered by the cover member 39 to maintain the sliding bracket 3 within the track recess 37. The frontend of the cover 39 is cut away at 40 to permit the portions which carry the recesses 35 to slide into the building when the drawer or receptacle B is pushed inward to close the same. With this structure or slidcable drawer supporting bracket 3% and the track for the same, I provide a means of holding the drawer or receptacle B without sagging when it is pulled out and preventing the drawer from being pulled out too far and dropping out of the opening in the building. However the drawer may be easily lifted off of the free ends of the brackets Bil when it is desired or in the assembly of the same.

My folding window, screen and receptacle accomplish a long felt want for providing a convenient means of storing storm windows and screens when they are not desired for use and also providing a means for easily operating the same to open and close, such as the storm windows, by merely unhooking the lower section and pressing outward on the two lower sections, causing them to fold as illustrated in the drawing outlined in Figure 1. They may then be hooked up in this position and the window adjusted down from the top to open it in this manner if it is desired. Obviously the folding adjustment may be regulated to a more or less degree if desired.

My foldahle window may be adaptable for building structure where it is desirable to provide windows of this nature which may be folded up in sections or folded in opening and it will be apparent that the sect-ions may fold either outwardly, as illustrated in dotted outline in Figure l, or inwardly, particularly where the window C forms the building window or a screen for the same, and the slide windows 14 and 1.5 are not employed.

If the windows 14 and 15 are not used then a window such as C may be employed as the outer window, while a screen may be slideable within one of the grooves 11 or 12, and only one of such grooves may be necessary, and the screen may fold toward the inside to be opened while the window C might fold toward the outside. It is only necessary that the lower end of the grooves carrying the foldable windows or screens be free of the guide member 16 at the bottom or at the top so that the sections may be folded as desired on the hinging points.

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my foldable window, screen and receptacle, and while I have set forth particular structure and formation of the parts, I desire to have itunderstood that these are only suggestive and that they may be applied to uses other than those herein set forth and carried out in other details within the scope of the following I claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

1. A foldable window screen made up of a series of sections hingedly connected together in a manner to fold one upon the other, and a receptacle for receiving the same in collapsed and folded state. f

2-. A foldable window and screen in combination with a building window frame, a groove for receiving said window and screen, sections hingedly connected together adapted to form said window and screen, the hing ing of said sections being oppositely disposed to permit one section to fold flat upon the other, and a receptacle adapted to receive the screen when the Window is in use and the window when the screen is in use to store the same out of sight.

3. A foldable window structure and screen including, a series of frames hingedly connected together, and a compartment into which said sections may be stored alternately, the screen sections when the window sections are in use, and the window sections when the screen sections are in use.

4. A collapsible window and screen comprising, series of window and screen sections hingedly connected together in a manner to permit the same to be folded flat one against the other, interlocking joints between said sections to provide weather-tight connections therebetween, a window frame for receiving said sections in operative position, said frame having a compartment into which said sections may be folded when not in use.

5. A window frame including, triple window guide grooves, sash windows slideable in two of said grooves, a sectional foldable window and screen flexibly secured together as a unit adapted to be operated in said third groove and a portion of said third groove being formed to permit said sections to be folded up one toward the other and the other of said sections to be removed from said groove by sliding out of the same.

6. A building structure including, a Window frame, grooves for parallelly disposed sash windows, an auxiliarly groove for storm windows and screens, foldable window and screen sections hingedly connected together in like manner to form a storm window or a screen, and balance means for balancing said foldablc sections in operative position.

7. An interchangeable storm window or screen including, a window frame, a channel for slideably receiving said storm window or screen, said storm window and screen including a series of foldable sections hingedly con nected together in a manner to fold one upon the other and adapted to be stored as a win dow or screen unit.

8. A foldable storm Window screen including, sections hingedly connected together, a Window unit "and a screen unit, a frame having a guide slot for receiving either of said units, said slot being formed With stop shoulders on either side thereof, one of said shoulders extending the full length of said slot, and theother of said shoulders having a length to permit two of the adjacent foldable sections of the Window or screen to be folded before the other sections may be removed from said groove.

WILLIAM H. FASSETT. 

